Thermaltake XaserV Damier V6000A
by Purav Sanghani on July 22, 2004 3:21 PM EST- Posted in
- Cases/Cooling/PSUs
External Design
At the heart of the V6000A is its completely tool-less design. Everything from drive mounts to the motherboard tray uses plastic mounting rails, snap on motherboard stand-offs, and screw-less fingers to hold add-on cards in place. These features make for easy hardware installations and replacements.The front of the case is made of a heavy aluminum, 2-color door (silver and red). There are 2 large knobs for fan speed control, which sit above and below the trademark "X" molding for which Thermaltake's Xaser line is known. The knobs are easy to operate and can also be removed. There are 2 adapters for each knob: one 4-pin, which connects to the power supply, and one 2-pin, which can be connected to two of the 90mm fans included with the V6000A.
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The door also has a 7-color flashing LED light, which can be controlled by a switch mounted inside the chassis, like the one used to control the skull LEDs on the VM3000A. At the right are the power and HDD LED as well as the front door key lock. The V6000A has many great security features to keep unwanted access to hardware.
When opening the first front door, we notice how heavy it is. Though made of aluminum, it is much thicker, and more dense than the rest of the chassis. The front bezel consists of five 5-1/4" drive bays, the first one being taken by the rheobus, and two 3-1/2" drive bays. Thermaltake has carried on its tool-less design to the V6000A, making use of plastic drive rails for both 5-1/4" and 3-1/2" drive applications.
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To the right of the 3-1/2" drive bays are the circular power and reset buttons. Both are easy to press and seem durable enough for a long lifetime.
At the bottom of the case is a square-shaped ventilation for the front intake fan to allow increased air flow in from the front.
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The left side panel has an X-shaped window with the Thermaltake name and motto etched in the plastic. There is also a molding that aids in sliding back the panel and has holes which allow air to be exhausted by the 80mm fan behind it. The bottom of the panel also has holes that allow even more air circulation to help cool components at the bottom of the case (add-on cards). Both left and right panels are attached to the case by thumbscrews.
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treadhed - Thursday, September 9, 2004 - link
This case fukin blows. The option to have fan control, temp readouts, yada yada are not worth the trouble thermaltake makes hooking it all up. It uses power connecters for all of its sensor and control function wires, which can make it VERY confusing when plugging it in. On top of that I think I got a wire crossed and blew my powersupply, because it's not turning on any more. I've built hundreds of systems in many types of cases. That is definatly my worst experiance ever.This joker is freaking HEAVY too, I mean heavy to the point of being ridiculus.
treadhed - Friday, July 30, 2004 - link
Mine just came in, and I'll say they could do without the thermaltake logo everywhere. The worst was the thermaltake "coolall your life" logo stamped on the plexi window, which I did not see when I was browsing cases. Out of every case I looed at when I was shopping around this one looked the most cooling efficient "out of the box", which is important when you really don't have time to spend monkeying around with modding a case plus making it heat efficient.This has it all it one package, the extra well placed fans plus the front temp readout and fan control. The front temp readout is what contributes to all of the wiring, but then again, any front temp and fan control readout you add to your case is going to contribute to alot of wiring, so that's really not a minus for this case.
I'll post again after I've put my parts in.
sandorski - Monday, July 26, 2004 - link
4 months ago I got a VM3000(skull) and am very pleased with it. I could live without the Light inset on the front(skulls on each end of the Thermtake name), which is quite gaudy when on, but overall it's a nice looking case IMO. However, despite that light, the front door on the Skull is relatively conservative, unlike what the front of this reviewed case looks like.The Toolless design is real nice as are the drive rails.
shuttleboi - Sunday, July 25, 2004 - link
This is the most grotesque case I have ever seen in my life. Why can't PC makers take a cue from Apple's engineering team and produce aesthetically pleasing cases?To posters #4, 7, and 8 (and anyone else who bought this fugly case): get your eyes checked.
darklight0tr - Saturday, July 24, 2004 - link
I actually like many of the Thermaltake designs. Sure, they are a bit outlandish, but I have found many of the current cases designs offered by manufacturers to be a bit boring. At least Thermaltake is attempting to add a bit of flare to their cases. I guess it just doesn't work for some.I plan on buying a WinGo V7000D for my next computer.
Dantzig - Saturday, July 24, 2004 - link
Please review some classier looking cases. I didn't know cases this ugly existed until Anandtech started reviewing them! This one is almost as bad as the spiderman case.The cases don't have to be boring, but ones that don't look like a joke would be nice.
PuravSanghani - Friday, July 23, 2004 - link
#5: That number in the summary was a typo and has been fixed. The actual temperature of the CPU after 30 minutes of system on time was 43.6 Degrees Celsius which is a safe 54 Degrees under the Athlon64 3200's 97 Degree maximum stated operating temperature.skunkbuster - Friday, July 23, 2004 - link
the word 'gaudy' comes to mind when i look at this thing.skiboysteve - Friday, July 23, 2004 - link
eyah i had to work out one of the plastic things to get my radeon in as well, very annoying to put your screw driver through the tiny opening after you take off the plastic thing.dachkine - Friday, July 23, 2004 - link
I've spent some long hours assembling my new computer using this case and even though the cables were a mess, I believe the worse thing is the PCI screwless mechanism.I have a Radeon 9800 and it was not possible to hold it it the plastic fixing thing.